A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Trickster

15 gods of trickster, across four rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

1 work

Inara, plate
Inara i-na-ra Daughter of Tarhunt — Lure of the Dragon Illuyanka

The Olympian Order

10 works

Apate, plate
Apate uh-pay-tee Deceit — daughter of Night
Dolos, plate
Dolos doh-loss Trickery — daimon of fraud
Eris, plate
Eris air-is Strife — kindler of the Trojan War
Eros (Later), plate
Eros (Later) air-oss (later) Son of Aphrodite — winged boy of love
Hermes, plate
Hermes her-meez Messenger of the Gods — patron of travelers and thieves
Momus, plate
Momus moh-mus Blame — the carping critic
Odysseus, plate
Odysseus oh-dis-ee-us The Wily — wanderer of the Odyssey
Prometheus, plate
Prometheus proh-mee-thee-us The Forethinking — friend of mankind
Proteus, plate
Proteus proh-tee-us Shepherd of the Seals — shape-shifting prophet
The Great Sinners, plate
The Great Sinners the great sin-ners Sisyphus, Tantalus, and Ixion — the three condemned to eternal torment in Tartarus

The Edges of Empire

1 work

Sosryko, plate
Sosryko sos-ry-ko The Trickster-Hero of the Narts — fire-bringer, defeater of giants by guile

The Northern Inheritance

3 works

Leshy, plate
Leshy le-shy Forest Spirit — Master of the Wood
Loki, plate
Loki lo-ki The Trickster — Companion and Betrayer of the Gods
Velnias, plate
Velnias vel-nias The Old One — Chthonic Adversary of Perkūnas

Floor plan

The rooms follow one another in the order their peoples first appear in the written record.

  1. The Cradle of Citiesc. 3400 BCE to 395 CE. 115 works
  2. The Gift of the Nilec. 4000 BCE to 395 CE. 73 works
  3. The Olympian Orderc. 1600 BCE to 750 CE. 152 works
  4. The Persian Worldc. 2000 BCE to 1010 CE. 30 works
  5. The Levantine Borderlandsc. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 20 works
  6. The Edges of Empirec. 2000 BCE to 1500 CE. 33 works
  7. The Etruscan Worldc. 900 BCE to 750 CE. 22 works
  8. The Roman Inheritancec. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 58 works
  9. The Northern Inheritancec. 2000 BCE to 1600 CE. 131 works